Proves every equivariant vector bundle over toric manifolds is a Klyachko bundle.
problem Characterizing equivariant vector bundles over toric manifolds.
method Analyzes topological and smooth equivariant vector bundles over toric manifolds.
result Every equivariant vector bundle is a Klyachko bundle.
Study on topological rigidity of ALE vector bundles with specific conditions.
problem Classifying ALE vector bundles with asymptotically conical total spaces.
method Topological classification and geometric analysis of ALE vector bundles.
result Only 2-sphere, projective plane, and open contractible manifolds admit ALE tangent bundles.
New examples show not all homology fiber bundles are topological.
problem Disprove conjecture about homology fiber bundles.
method Construct flat, projective morphisms that are Z-homology fiber bundles. result Disprove conjecture about homology fiber bundles.
Develops topological concepts for Morrey-Sobolev bundles in high dimensions.
problem Lack of continuity in transition maps for Morrey-Sobolev bundles.
method Introduces topological isomorphism classes and uses connection-oriented approach.
result Derives approximability results for bundles and connections in Morrey-Sobolev setting.
This article reviews ∞-bundles and their applications in geometry and physics.
problem Understanding higher bundles in geometry and physics.
method An ∞-categorical formulation of higher bundles. result Identification of higher bundles in various contexts.
New method associates topological classes to Sobolev bundles in critical dimensions.
problem No standard topology in critical dimensions for Sobolev bundles.
method Coulomb gauges and strong approximations of smooth connections.
result Topology stabilizes for sequences of Sobolev bundles with bounded Yang-Mills energy.
Kontsevich's classes distinguish smooth structures on fiber bundles.
problem Distinguishing smooth structures on fiber bundles.
method Using Kontsevich's characteristic classes and real blow-up construction.
result Kontsevich's classes are determined by the topology of the 2-point configuration space bundle.
New approach simplifies topological T-duality for torus bundles.
problem Global assumptions on H-flux in T-duality.
method Introducing a new 'Thom class' formulation.
result Easier and more transparent proofs of T-duality.
Classifies equivariant vector bundles over toric manifolds.
problem Classifying vector bundles over toric manifolds.
method Klyachko-type classification over invariant affine charts.
result Generalizes Klyachko's classification of toric vector bundles.
Extends Gelfand duality to various geometric and analytical categories.
problem Generalizing Gelfand duality to different types of manifolds and bundles.
method Unified cohomological argument for manifolds and suitable classes of functions for bundles.
result Gelfand duality extended to real analytic and Stein manifolds, and to vector, affine, and jet bundles.
We extend topological recursion to twisted Higgs bundles with singularities.
problem Computing Taylor expansions of period matrices for twisted Higgs bundles.
method We introduce a twisted topological recursion on the spectral curve of a twisted Higgs bundle, encoding singularities and performing the recursion explicitly.
result The g=0 twisted Eynard-Orantin differentials compute the Taylor expansion of the spectral curve's period matrix, independent of the ambient space. The paper proves metrizability and dynamics of Weil bundles.
problem Metrizability and dynamics of Weil bundles in differential geometry.
method Investigation of metrizability and dynamics of Weil bundles for smooth compact manifolds and Weil algebras.
result A canonical, complete, weighted metric \(\mathfrak{d}_w\) on \(M^\mathbf{A}\) that encodes geometry and deformations.
Geodesic flow mixing on convex projective manifolds proven.
problem Understanding mixing properties of geodesic flow on convex projective manifolds.
method Introduced biproximal unit tangent bundle and proved mixing properties.
result Geodesic flow is topologically mixing on biproximal unit tangent bundle.
If a characteristic class for two vector bundles over the same base space does not coincide, then the bundles are not isomorphic. We give under rather common assumptions a lower bound on the topological dimension of the set of all points in the base over which a morphism between such bundles is not bijective. Moreover,…
Study the complexity of horizontality in 4-torus vector bundles.
problem Classify topological holonomy groups in SO(3).
method Analyze twistor spaces and oriented vector bundles over 2-torus.
result Discover many topological holonomy groups in SO(3) with noncommutative pairs.
We give a simplified definition of topological T-duality that applies to arbitrary torus bundles. The new definition does not involve Chern classes or spectral sequences, only gerbes and morphisms between them. All the familiar topological conditions for T-duals are shown to follow. We determine necessary and sufficien…
It is known that, for Dirac operators on Riemann surfaces twisted by line bundles with Hermitian-Einstein connections, it is possible to obtain estimates for the first eigenvalue in terms of the topology of the twisting bundle \cite{JL2}. Attempts to generalize topological estimates for higher rank bundles or higher di…
New spherical T-duality for higher degree forms in fiber bundles.
problem Extending T-duality to higher degree forms in fiber bundles.
method Generalizing T-duality to S2n−1-bundles with closed odd forms of arbitrary degree. result Existence and isomorphic twisted cohomology of T-dual spaces. The work of Ray and Singer which introduced analytic torsion, a kind of determinant of the Laplacian operator in topological and holomorphic settings, is naturally generalized in both settings. The couplings are extended in a direct way in the topological setting to general flat bundles and in the holomorphic setting t…
We consider the problem of robot motion planning in an oriented Riemannian manifold as a topological motion planning problem in its oriented frame bundle. For this purpose, we study the topological complexity of oriented frame bundles, derive an upper bound for this invariant and certain lower bounds from cup length co…
Study Riemannian metric bundles and their connections to K-theory.
problem Understanding geometry and topology of manifolds with Riemannian metrics.
method Develop rigorous theory of Riemannian metric bundles and apply to K-theory.
result Contribute to deeper understanding of manifold geometry and topology.
Matroid bundles, introduced by MacPherson, are combinatorial analogues of real vector bundles. This paper sets up the foundations of matroid bundles, and defines a natural transformation from isomorphism classes of real vector bundles to isomorphism classes of matroid bundles, as well as a transformation from matroid b…
Proves 3-manifold groups uniquely identify hyperbolic bundles.
problem Identifying hyperbolic 3-manifold groups from their finite quotients.
method Upgraded Liu's result to detect fiber type via profinite completion.
result Proves hyperbolic bundles are distinguished by their profinite completions.
FibeRed reduces complex data dimensions while preserving topology.
problem Hard embedding of topologically complex datasets in low-dimensional Euclidean space.
method Modeling datasets with vector bundles, reducing fibers while preserving topology.
result FibeRed learns topologically faithful embeddings in lower dimensions than existing methods.
In this paper we introduce the notion of almost flatness for (stably) relative bundles on a pair of topological spaces and investigate basic properties of it. First, we show that almost flatness of topological and smooth sense are equivalent. This provides a construction of an almost flat stably relative bundle by usin…
We give a new proof of an index theorem for fiber bundles of compact topological manifolds due to Dwyer, Weiss, and Williams, which asserts that the parametrized A-theory characteristic of such a fiber bundle factors canonically through the assembly map of A-theory. Furthermore our main result shows a refinement of…
For a semisimple real Lie group G, we study topological properties of moduli spaces of polystable parabolic G-Higgs bundles over a Riemann surface with a divisor of finitely many distinct points. For a split real form of a complex simple Lie group, we compute the dimension of apparent parabolic Teichm{ü}ller compon…
The study classifies manifolds that can be split into two disk bundles.
problem Understanding manifolds that can be decomposed into two disk bundles.
method Established through topological restrictions and rational ellipticity.
result Classification of manifolds up to diffeomorphism in dimensions five and six.
In this paper we give a characterization of 2-dimensional topological field theories over a space X as Frobenius bundles with connections over LX, the free loop space of X. This is a generalization of the folk theorem stating that 2-dimensional topological field theories (over a point) are described by finite-dim…
Researchers calculate the Ray-Singer Torsion for S1 bundles.
problem Few explicit evaluations of path integrals in higher dimensions.
method Algebraic choice of gauge leading to factorization of path integral.
result Explicit calculation of Ray-Singer Torsion for S1 bundles. We present a new infinite class of near-horizon geometries of degenerate horizons, satisfying Einstein's equations for all odd dimensions greater than five. The symmetry and topology of these solutions is compatible with those of black holes. The simplest examples give horizons of spatial topology S^3xS^2 or the non-tr…
We extend topological T-duality to the case of general circle bundles. In this setting we prove existence and uniqueness of T-duals. We then show that T-dual spaces have isomorphic twisted cohomology, twisted K-theory and Courant algebroids. A novel feature is that we must consider two kinds of twists in de Rham coho…
Equivariant T-duality connects bundles with twists.
problem Establishing a relationship between bundles with twists.
method Formulating T-duality in equivariant K-theory for compact Lie group actions.
result T-duality is an isomorphism in equivariant K-theory for compact Lie group actions.
Given a principal bundle over a closed manifold, G --> P --> M, let P^{Ad} --> M be the associated adjoint bundle. Gruher and Salvatore showed that the Thom spectrum (P^{Ad})^{-TM} is a ring spectrum whose corresponding product in homology is a Chas-Sullivan type string topology product. We refer to this spectrum as th…
We describe the second integral cohomology group of a surface bundle as the group of Chern classes of fiberwise holomorphic complex line bundles and use this to obtain information on this group.
This survey provides an introduction to basic questions and techniques surrounding the topology of the moduli space of stable Higgs bundles on a Riemann surface. Through examples, we demonstrate how the structure of the cohomology ring of the moduli space leads to interesting questions of a combinatorial nature.
The paper reformulates Legendrian contact homology using string topology.
problem Defining and invariance of Legendrian contact homology for unit conormal bundles.
method Using pseudo-holomorphic curves and string topology to define a graded algebra.
result The new algebra is conjectured to be isomorphic to Legendrian contact homology.
The paper explores Higgs bundles and their moduli spaces on Riemann surfaces.
problem Developing the moduli theory of Higgs bundles and understanding their geometric properties.
method Establishing non-abelian Hodge correspondences and studying Hitchin fibration.
result Computing the Poincaré polynomial of rank 2 moduli space and verifying topological mirror symmetry.
Geometric analysis on real analytic manifolds using seminorms.
problem Characterizing operations on real analytic manifolds and vector bundles.
method Using seminorms and geometric decompositions of jet bundles.
result New characterizations of real analytic mappings and operations.
Efficient algorithms for WRT invariants of torus bundles using algebraic structures.
problem Computing topological invariants of 3-manifolds is generally intractable.
method Embedding skein algebra into symmetric subalgebra at roots of unity for polynomial-time classical computation and using quantum algorithms for exponential space advantage.
result Polynomial-time classical computation and quantum algorithms for WRT invariants of torus bundles.
New spherical Milnor spaces for diffeological groups with geometric and topological properties.
problem Understanding higher topological structures in diffeological spaces.
method Spherical Milnor construction based on quadratic normalization.
result Provides a natural setting for studying principal bundles with Z2-twists and higher cohomology. Study on random surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds, focusing on geometric and topological properties.
problem Distribution of nearly geodesic surfaces in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Invariant measures on the Grassmann bundle G(M) derived from limits of random minimal surfaces.
result Topological limiting measures are totally scarring if M contains a totally geodesic subsurface, while geometrical limiting measures are not.
New proof of Milnor-Wood inequality for circle bundles.
problem Proving the Milnor-Wood inequality for circle bundles.
method Using a local formula to compute the Euler class from the singularities of a quasisection, and sketching two other proofs.
result A new proof of the Milnor-Wood inequality.
The paper studies weak singular Hermite-Einstein structures on homogeneous vector bundles.
problem Existence of weak singular Hermite-Einstein structures on homogeneous holomorphic vector bundles.
method Using Cartan's highest weight theory, the paper establishes an algebraic criterion for topological splitting and decouples the prescribed mean curvature equation.
result A sufficient algebraic condition for realizing an L2-function as the mean curvature of a singular Hermitian structure on an irreducible homogeneous bundle. Let X be a compact connected Riemann surface of genus at least two, and let G be a connected semisimple affine algebraic group defined over C. For any δ∈π1(G), we prove that the moduli space of semistable principal G--bundles over X of topological type δ is simply connected. In contrast,…
A new approach uses circuit topology to study complex polymer interactions.
problem Understanding structural phase transitions in entangled polymer systems.
method Braided circuit topology framework for multiple-chain systems.
result Circuit topological motif fractions are effective order parameters for structural transitions.
We prove the existence of essential loops in the space of contact structures on torus bundles over the circle.
New minimal hypersurfaces in 4D sphere found.
problem Constructing embedded minimal hypersurfaces in S4. method Equivariant min-max theory and suspended Hopf action.
result Infinitely many topological S1-bundles and Seifert fibered manifolds found.